Human Electricity Conductor at The Grove???

This is Jackie's key after "the Superhuman incident" happened last week. Don't know the story? Ask her. We are planning to contact the show produced by Stan Lee (creator of Spider Man, Fantastic Four, etc.) called "Superhumans" in the History Channel to have our very own Jackie featured as the "Superhuman Electricity Conductor from The Grove." What do you think?

Last week of September!!

Let's kick off our theme of "We're going to College" by encouraging students to wear the colors of your grade level's adopted university. It will be really cool to see students in color groups more and more as the year progresses!

Also, be ready to bring your class's Responsibility Mind Map to the your grade level's assembly this Friday! Stay tuned for how we will incorporate the Mind Maps into the program!

Monday Morning Cheer 8:00 in the Gym!

Thank you for:

• all of your hard work preparing for Back to School Night! We had a gym full of parents! Thank you for communicating this event in your newsletters and with your students.
• the fantastic and beautifully written and illustrated "We Are" poems from each team. Remember to point those out to your students.
• greeting students at the door
• monitoring the hallways during transitions
• walking your students to/from specialists and recess
• reinforcing common area expectations: 4-point line, silent hello/wave, quiet voices, walking to the right
• walking your students to the bus loading and loop area
• alerting us at the office for any tardy and/or absence pattern you're already noticing with specific students
• remembering to sign-out when you leave the campus
  

Thank you for completing the following: (If you haven't done so, please complete what applies to you as soon as possible)

• daily schedule using the building template provided and submitting it to LouAnn
• updating your yellow staff emergency information by connecting with LouAnn

Are you ready to...

tell/email Almai your grade level team's adopted university? This is first come, first serve. It means a university cannot be adopted more than once. So if you want "first dib" in adopting your favorite university, let Almai know ASAP before another team grabs it. The office team (LouAnn, Christina and Melissa) has adopted University of Michigan, while the Administrative Team has adopted Washington State University (Go, Cougs!).

THIS WEEK:

9/27 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40 - 8:15 AM, Rm. 26
9/28 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 K-12 Nuts and Bolts, 7 - 8:30 AM, Brouillet
9/29 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC

9/29 Wed. - Fall PTA Fundraiser Kick-off Assembly, 8:30-8:50 Primary, 9:00-9:20 Intermediate, Please be sure to be seated and ready to go right at the start time for your assembly. 9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev, 1:30 - 3:45, Mt. View Com. Ctr.

9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at PSD Administrative Team, 4 - 5:15 PM, Mt. View Com. Ctr. 10/1 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly (Responsibility); included is the kick-off for our Wednesday Walking School Bus, 9:00-9:30 Intermediate (grade 6 with chairs), 10:00-10:30 Primary

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:

Math Training Opportunity for Grades 3, 4, 5 on Sept. 29, Wed. (I LIC), 2-5, Ballou Commons

Why? To support you in implementing the (fairly new) Math Frameworks. Additionally, you will receive the following:

• 3 clock hours
• 3 hours pay
• class set of linear strips
• powerful strategies for using math visual models

The format of this workshop is "break-out sessions." Sign-up at https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/class_info.php?CID=3592

Wednesday Walking School Bus - Teresa and Carie coordinated this last year and have expressed interest to continue their leadership in this initiative. There will be a flier to send home soon to re-introduce this practice to our families. This will be briefly re-introduced to our students during the Oct. 1st Character Trait Assembly. The first Wednesday Walking School Bus will be Oct. 13th, changed from last week's post, to coordinate it with the PTA Box Top Breakfast.


October 7th, Supplemental Day #4: Continuing our Student-led Conference/Navigation 101 Initiative. This day will be used as a school-wide conference for our families and the opportunity to roll-out our Navigation 101 initiative. Specialists will be participating in their own department's planned activity unless there is not one planned. If they don't have a department training, they are expected to be in the building that day with their posted schedule of when they can have families/parents drop by for questions or consult with other staff members. The schedule needs to be posted outside the specialist's office/room and provide a copy to the main office.

COMING-UP:

9/27 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40 - 8:15 AM, Rm. 26
9/28 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 K-12 Nuts and Bolts, 7 - 8:30 AM, Brouillet
9/29 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC 9/29 Wed. - Fall PTA Fundraiser Kick-off Assembly, 8:30-8:50 Primary, 9:00-9:20 Intermediate, Please be sure to be seated and ready to go right at the start time for your assembly.
9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev, 1:30 - 3:45, Mt. View Com. Ctr.
9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at PSD Administrative Team, 4 - 5:15 PM, Mt. View Com. Ctr.
10/1 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly (Responsibility); included is the kick-off for our Wednesday Walking School Bus, 9:00-9:30 Intermediate (grade 6 with chairs), 10:00-10:30 Primary
10/6 Wed. - PR LIC - Learning Teams Work
10/7 Thurs. - No School BUT School-wide Goal-setting Conferences/Roll -out the Navigation 101 Program to our families; Specialists post available time for questions and consult outside their office (provide copy to the office as well).
10/8 Fri. - No school, State Teacher Inservice Day
10/12 Tues. - Health Screening for certain grade levels
10/13 Wed. - CT LIC Grade Level Collaboration (Grades 4, 5, 6 will have a 50-minute training in FLASH, the newly adopted Sex Education curriculum, by Rick Wells, Director of Athletics and Health & Fitness, at Spinning library, beginning at 1:15 PM.)
10/13 Wed. - PTA Box Top Breakfast and our First Wednesday of Walking School Bus
10/14 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30, ESC Pioneer
10/19 Tues. - Individual Pictures (including staff)
10/19 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library
10/20 Wed. - EC/SS LIC (SS is job-alike collaboration for SpEd, Title, LAP)
10/20 Wed. - District Reading Cadre, 4-5:30, Shaw Road Library
10/21 Thurs. - PTA Skate Night, 6-9 PM, Tifanny's Skate Rink
10/25 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40-8:15 AM, Nina's Room
10/26 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 Nuts and Bolts, 7-8:30 AM, SHSB
10/27 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC
10/27 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev (1-4 PM) and Administrative Meeting (4-5:15 PM) @ Mt. View Com. Ctr.

11/1 Mon. - PTA Book Fair begins (and lasts until the 5th)

11/3 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC 11/4 Thurs. - PSD Diversity Committee Mtg., 3:30 PM, ESC Pioneer

11/4 Thurs. - PTA Reading Night (associated with PTA Book Fair), 5:30- 8:00 PM

11/5 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly: Trustworthiness, 9:00-9:30 4th-6th, 10:00-10:30 K-3rd

BACK IN THE GROOVE AT "THE GROVE"

Monday Morning Cheer 8:00 in the Gym!

Firgrove clap and thank you for your grace and professionalism for:

• greeting students at the door
• monitoring the hallways during transitions
• walking your students to/from specialists and recess
• reinforcing common area expectations: 4-point line, silent hello/wave, quiet voices, walking to the right
• walking your students to the bus loading and loop area
• your patience and flexibility as we continued to make some adjustments to the master schedule to keep our instructional initiatives intact
• alerting us at the office for any tardy and/or absence pattern you're already noticing with specific students
• remembering to sign-out when you leave the campus

Thank you for completing the following: (If you haven't done so, please complete what applies to you as soon as possible)

• required annual Safety Schools on-line training for all was due Sept. 17th: http://puyallup.wa.safeschools.com/login Log-in to this link by using your employee number with E in front of it. Example: E123456
• daily schedule using the building template provided and submitting it to LouAnn
• updating your yellow staff emergency information by connecting with LouAnn

Are you ready to...

• tell/email Almai your grade level team's adopted university?
• present your "We Are" team poem and poster at the staff meeting?
• share some golden nuggets from the article on formative assessements at the staff meeting?

THIS WEEK:
9/20 Mon. - Fall DIBELS Assessement Week window by the District Reading Assessment Team
9/20 Mon. - Bobbi and Jackie will provide teachers the directions and time frame from our District Assessement Office to enter the Reading and Math scores from recently administered assessments.
9/21 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library. Be sure to read article on formative assessment before this meeting.
9/22 Wed. - CT LIC - Prepare for the Oct. 7th School-wide Goal-setting Conferences with families (email about this was sent Sept. 10th)
9/22 Wed. - Stipend Review Team Mtg., 3 PM, Room 7 (Reminder: All welcome to join this ad hoc team as long as you don't have a stipend application being processed.)
9/22 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30 PM, Woodland Library
9/23 Thurs. - Grades 1 - 6 Curriculum Night/PTA BBQ, 6 - 7:30 PM


OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:
Math Training Opportunity for Grades 3, 4, 5 on Sept. 29, Wed. (I LIC), 2-5, Ballou Commons
Why? To support you in implementing the (fairly new) Math Frameworks. Additionally, you will receive the following:

• 3 clock hours
• 3 hours pay
• class set of linear strips
• powerful strategies for using math visual models

The format of this workshop is "break-out sessions." Sign-up at https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/class_info.php?CID=3592

Wednesday Walking School Bus - Teresa and Carie coordinated this last year and have expressed interest to continue their leadership in this initiative. There will be a flier to send home soon to re-introduce this practice to our families. This will be briefly re-introduced to our students during the Oct. 1st Character Trait Assembly. The first Wednesday Walking School Bus will be Oct. 6th, this year's nationally identified Walk to School Day.

October 7th, Supplemental Day #4: Continuing our Student-led Conference/Navigation 101 Initiative - As communicated in an earlier email a little over a week ago, this day will be used as a school-wide conference for our families and the opportunity to roll-out our Navigation 101 initiative. September 22nd, a CT LIC, will be spent by staff preparing for the Oct. 7th School-wde Conferences. Specialists will be in the building that day with their posted schedule of when they can have families/parents drop by for questions or consult with other staff members. Specialist create their schedule when they are available for consults or questions for this day. The schedule needs to be posted outside the specialist's office/room and provide a copy to the main office.

COMING-UP:
9/27 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40 - 8:15 AM, Rm. 26
9/28 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 K-12 Nuts and Bolts, 7 - 8:30 AM, Brouillet
9/29 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC 9/29 Wed. - Fall PTA Fundraiser Kick-off Assembly, 8:30-8:50 Primary, 9:00-9:20 Intermediate, Please be sure to be seated and ready to go right at the start time for your assembly.
9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev, 1:30 - 3:45, Mt. View Com. Ctr.
9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at PSD Administrative Team, 4 - 5:15 PM, Mt. View Com. Ctr.
10/1 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly (Responsibility); included is the kick-off for our Wednesday Walking School Bus, 9:00-9:30 Intermediate (grade 6 with chairs), 10:00-10:30 Primary
10/6 Wed. - PR LIC - Learning Teams Work
10/6 Wed. - Wednesday Walking School Bus begins
10/7 Thurs. - No School BUT School-wide Goal-setting Conferences/Roll -out the Navigation 101 Program to our families; Specialists post available time for questions and consult outside their office (provide copy to the office as well).
10/8 Fri. - No school, State Teacher Inservice Day
10/12 Tues. - Health Screening for certain grade levels
10/13 Wed. - CT LIC Grade Level Collaboration (Grades 4, 5, 6 will have a 50-minute training in FLASH, the newly adopted Sex Education curriculum, by Rick Wells, Director of Athletics and Health & Fitness, at Spinning library, beginning at 1:15 PM.)
10/13 Wed. -PTA Box Top Breakfast
10/14 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30, ESC Pioneer
10/19 Tues. - Individual Pictures (including staff)
10/19 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library
10/20 Wed. - EC/SS LIC (SS is job-alike collaboration for SpEd, Title, LAP)
10/20 Wed. - District Reading Cadre, 4-5:30, Shaw Road Library
10/21 Thurs. - PTA Skate Night, 6-9 PM, Tifanny's Skate Rink
10/25 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40-8:15 AM, Nina's Room
10/26 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 Nuts and Bolts, 7-8:30 AM, SHSB
10/27 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC
10/27 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev (1-4 PM) and Administrative Meeting (4-5:15 PM) @ Mt. View Com. Ctr

Thank you, Firgrove Staff, for bringing your A-game as we got "Back on the Saddle" again.

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

On to our First Full Week This School Year...

Christina busily trying to get caught up with the paperwork! Poor Christina. Maybe LouAnn can give you a hand. LOL!!

LouAnn hard at work! Who says the office is busy?!

Thank you to Summit Uniserve for the great banner now proudly displayed in the gym!


Thank you to Wes for bringing in these tasty treats! Do you know what they are? Ask Jim, he ate one!

Please be sure to post your daily schedule.

Monday Morning Cheer 8:00 in the Gym!

THIS WEEK:

9/13 Don't forget to submit your daily schedule to LouAnn today

9/13-17 - CORE Maze Comprehension Assessment Window (replaces OC Comprehension Assessment; administration script and materials will be provided to teachers)
9/14 Tues. - Kinder Curriculum Night, 6-7 PM, Rms. 24, 25

9/15 Wed. - Statewide Earquake Drill, 10:15 AM, no evacuation, remember to go over what to do with your students before this drill

9/15 Wed. - Fair Day, Early Dismissal, 8:25 - 11:31 (Note the different time just this once for Fair Day), no breakfast or lunch service

9/15 Wed. - Stipend Applications due by end of the day to Almai (Put in Stipend Folder in her mailbox right on her door)

9/16 Thurs. - CSIP, 3-4 PM, Library ( We will decide what our permanent meeting schedule will be at this time.)

9/16 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30-5:00, ESC Pioneer

9/17 Fri. - Emergency Exit Bus Drill, 9:30 AM - remember to show the bus exit drill video before this day. This dvd was given to each team last year. However, if you can't locate yours, we have one (yes, only one) in the office that you can check-out.

COMING-UP:

9/20 Mon. - Fall DIBELS Assessement Week window by the District Reading Assessment Team 9/21 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library Be sure to read article on formative assessment before this meeting.

9/22 Wed. - CT LIC - Prepare for the Oct. 7th School-wide Goal-setting Conferences with families (email about this was sent last Friday)

9/22 Wed. - Stipend Review Team Mtg., 3 PM, Room 7 (Reminder: All welcome to join this ad hoc team as long as you don't have a stipend application being processed.)

9/22 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30 PM, Woodland Library

9/23 Thurs. - Grades 1 - 6 Curriculum Night, 6 - 7:30 PM

9/27 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40 - 8:15 AM, Rm. 26

9/28 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 K-12 Nuts and Bolts, 7 - 8:30 AM, Brouillet

9/29 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC

9/29 Wed. - Fall PTA Fundraiser Kick-off Assembly, 8:30-8:50 Primary, 9:00-9:20 Intermediate, Please be sure to be seated and ready to go right at the start time for your assembly.

9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev, 1:30 - 3:45, Mt. View Com. Ctr.

9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at PSD Administrative Team, 4 - 5:15 PM, Mt. View Com. Ctr.

10/1 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly (Responsibility), 9:00-9:30 Intermediate (grade 6 with chairs), 10:00-10:30 Primary

10/6 Wed. - PR LIC - Learning Teams Work

10/7 Thurs. - No School BUT School-wide Goal-setting Conferences/Roll -out the Navigation 101 Program to our families

10/8 Fri. - No school, State Teacher Inservice Day
10/12 Tues. - Health Screening for certain grade levels

10/13 Wed. - CT LIC Grade Level Collaboration

10/13 Wed. - PTA Box Top Breakfast

10/14 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30, ESC Pioneer

10/19 Tues. - Individual Pictures (including staff)

10/19 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:
Human Resource Required On-line Training:
Go to the link and the password is your employee number with the capital letter E in front (example: E123456) http://puyallup.wa.safeschools.com/login
Video for Bus Exit Drill:
Remember to show your students the video for bus exit drills prior to the drill on Sept. 17th beginning at 9:30 AM.

TAC and eSchool+ Users:
If you need help or have questions with TAC or eSchoolPLUS+, ITC would like to invite you to stop by during one of our open drop-in lab times. Our Student Systems staff will be on hand to offer assistance.
When: Wednesday, Sept. 15th 7:30AM - 9:30AM and 12:30 - 3:30PM
Where: Information Technology Center (ITC) - Commons Training Room ITC is located on S. Hill adjacent to the Warehouse & Food Service. Who: Any PSD staff member who uses TAC or eSchoolPLUS+. Teachers - Please bring your laptop. If a drop-in lab isn't convenient, please remember that you can contact the Help Desk by phone at x8600/option #4, or by email with eSchool or TAC in the subject line.

It's Great To Be A Hawk!!

Thumbs-up, Hawks! Great First Week!

It's only Day 2 of school when we took the pictures below on Friday, but look at what you've already rolled-out instructionally! We know there's more of these than what we posted. It's great to be in the Hawk Team!

Daily Five Strategy - Use of T-Chart to Teach Learning Targets Shows Relevance, Rigor & Relationship-building

Mind Mapping: GLAD strategy in action

Mind Mapping: GLAD strategy in action
Mind Mapping: GLAD strategy in action

THIS WEEK:

9/6 Mon. - Labor Day - No school

9/7 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 Puyallup Elementary Nuts and Bolts, 7:30-8:30 AM, SHSB

9/9 Thurs. - Char and Almai at Puyallup Elementary Principals (PEP) Training, 8-11 AM

COMING-UP:

9/14 Tues. - Kinder Curriculum Night, 6-7 PM, Rms. 24, 25
9/15 Wed. - Fair Day, Early Dismissal (11:31), no breakfast or lunch service9/15 Wed. - Stipend Applications due by end of the day to Almai (Put in Stipend Folder in her mailbox right on her door)
9/16 Thurs. - CSIP, 3-4 PM, Library ( We will decide what our permanent meeting schedule will be at this time.)
9/16 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30-5:00, ESC Pioneer
9/17 Fri. - Emergency Exit Bus Drill, 9:30 AM - remember to show the bus exit drill video before this day. This dvd was given to each team last year. However, if you can't locate yours, we have one (yes, only one) in the office that you can check-out.

9/20 Mon. - Fall DIBELS Assessement Week window by the District Reading Assessment Team 9/21 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library Be sure to read article on formative assessment before this meeting.

9/22 Wed. - Stipend Review Team Mtg., 3 PM, Room 7
9/22 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30 PM, Woodland Library
9/23 Thurs. - Grades 1 - 6 Curriculum Night, 6 - 7:30 PM
9/27 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40 - 8:15 AM, Rm. 26
9/28 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 K-12 Nuts and Bolts, 7 - 8:30 AM, Brouillet
9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev, 1:30 - 3:45, Mt. View Com. Ctr.
9/29 Wed. - Char and Almai at PSD Administrative Team, 4 - 5:15 PM, Mt. View Com. Ctr.

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:

Human Resource Required On-line Training:

Go to the link and the password is your employee number with the capital letter E in front (example: E123456) http://puyallup.wa.safeschools.com/login

Video for Bus Exit Drill:

Remember to show your students the video for bus exit drills prior to the drill on Sept. 17th beginning at 9:30 AM.

TAC and eSchool+ Users:

If you need help or have questions with TAC or eSchoolPLUS+, ITC would like to invite you to stop by during one of our open drop-in lab times. Our Student Systems staff will be on hand to offer assistance.

When: Wednesday, Sept. 8th 7:30AM - 9:30AM and 12:30 - 3:30PM

Wednesday, Sept. 15th 7:30AM - 9:30AM and 12:30 - 3:30PM

Where: Information Technology Center (ITC) - Commons Training Room ITC is located on S. Hill adjacent to the Warehouse & Food Service. Who: Any PSD staff member who uses TAC or eSchoolPLUS+. Teachers - Please bring your laptop. If a drop-in lab isn't convenient, please remember that you can contact the Help Desk by phone at x8600/option #4, or by email with eSchool or TAC in the subject line.